republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-1216.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elementary and secondary education: omnibus."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the holder of a single subject teaching credential or a standard secondary credential or a special secondary teaching credential who either (A) has completed specified coursework approved by the commission at a regionally accredited institution of higher education in any subject commonly taught in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, other than the subject for which the credentialholder is already certificated to teach, or (B) has been verified as having subject matter competence, as specified, for any subject commonly taught in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, other than the subject for which the credentialholder is already certificated to teach, to be eligible to have that subject appear on their credential as an authorization to teach that subject."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1216"
citation: "California AB 1216 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elementaryandsecondaryeducation", "omnibus"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Education"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38082fe1-57da-48c0-b185-8469dfe04f85"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1216"
source_hash: "e2a1f24aa4c1cd25aafe69b640c648afc278d6356ed895d00495a70819a59fd3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1216 (20252026) — Elementary and secondary education: omnibus.

(1) Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the holder of a single subject teaching credential or a standard secondary credential or a special secondary teaching credential who either (A) has completed specified coursework approved by the commission at a regionally accredited institution of higher education in any subject commonly taught in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, other than the subject for which the credentialholder is already certificated to teach, or (B) has been verified as having subject matter competence, as specified, for any subject commonly taught in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, other than the subject for which the credentialholder is already certificated to teach, to be eligible to have that subject appear on their credential as an authorization to teach that subject.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1216&version=20250AB121699INT)
2. **03/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1216&version=20250AB121698AMD)
3. **05/27/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1216&version=20250AB121697AMD)
4. **07/30/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1216&version=20250AB121695CHP)
5. **AB1216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1216)
6. **07/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1216&version=20250AB121696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1216 ED. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1216 Education Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1216 Education Concurrence in Senate Amendments By MURATSUCHI — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1279.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1811.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-07-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2531.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2025-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 88, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38082fe1-57da-48c0-b185-8469dfe04f85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).